Weather

Flood Watch issued February 21 at 5:06AM CST until February 21 at 6:00PM CST by NWS

Effective: 5:06 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015

Expires: 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015

...STREET FLOODING PROBLEMS EXPECTED TODAY....HEAVY RAINFALL AND SNOW MELT WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE ASIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ACROSS THE REGION TODAY....FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR* PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEASTMISSOURI THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.* WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN OF 1 TO 2INCHES...COMBINED WITH MELTING SNOW AND ICE MAY OVERWHELMDRAINAGE SYSTEMS...RESULTING IN NUMEROUS STREET FLOODING ISSUES.A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED VERYINTENSE RAIN RATES AND POTENTIALLY MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODINGISSUES. FLOODING WILL BE MOST PREVALENT WHERE DRAINAGE SYSTEMSARE BLOCKED BY SNOW AND ICE FROM THE WINTER STORM EARLIER THISWEEK.* MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT WATER ON ROADS...AND BE PREPARED TOFIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE QUITEDIFFICULT UNTIL THE RAINS COME TO AN END.